Re: why the perl docs suck

On 20 Oct 2005 11:40:50 GMT, Robert Sedlacek <phaylon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Fred@xxxxxxxx <Fred@xxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>> Imagine a world without rules.... it's not as ridiculous as it sounds.
>> One of my favorite quotes is:
>
>I'm sorry to inform you that Mr. Crowley meant someones individual higher
>will, also personalized in the Holy Guardian Angel.
>
>Love is the Law, Love under Will.
>
>
>p

Ah, an educated man. He said that after, much later and after, the
original writing.

>From the web:

<WEB_SNIP>
The Book of the Law is heavy on poetry, but light on theology. It
generally encourages a libertine approach to life, the use of "strange
drugs" and various obscure adjurations like "Let my servants be few &
secret" and "Choose ye an island!"

Crowley would maintain throughout his life that "Do what thou wilt"
was not intended as a blanket permission for all sorts of depraved
behavior , but rather an instruction that people should learn and
discover their "true wills", the important works and desires of their
lives, and follow through on them.
</WEB_SNIP>

Fred: Implicit in this is the notion that whatever you seek, one
should be allowed that pursuit. Hence the admonishment to "do as thou
wilt".

The entire notion of Thelema exists between the lines: "Do what thou
wilt shall be the whole of the law," and "Love is the law, love under
will."

Fred
.

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